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Fire department warns of near-term retirements, seeks staffing for ambulance program and reactivated station
Summary
Fire Chief Tom Shannon told the commission that about one-third of Scottsdale firefighters will be eligible for retirement beginning July 1, 2025; the department requested funding for ambulance phase 2, replacement equipment, and restoration of a second company at Station 601.
Fire Chief Tom Shannon told the Budget Review Commission that the department faces a wave of retirements that will drive hiring, training and equipment needs over the next several years and described budget requests to support an ongoing return to in‑house ambulance service and to restore a second company at Station 601.
Shannon said the department’s ‘born-on’ municipal-service date means a cohort of long-tenured employees becomes eligible for retirement beginning July 1, 2025; he described a…
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